captest.clearsky.pvlib_system

captest.clearsky.pvlib_system(sys)

Create a pvlib PVSystem object.

The PVSystem will have either a FixedMount or a SingleAxisTrackerMount depending on the keys of the passed dictionary.

Parameters:

sys (dict) –

Dictionary of keywords required to create a pvlib SingleAxisTrackerMount or FixedMount, plus albedo.

Example dictionaries:

fixed_sys = {‘surface_tilt’: 20,

’surface_azimuth’: 180, ‘albedo’: 0.2}

tracker_sys1 = {‘axis_tilt’: 0, ‘axis_azimuth’: 0,

’max_angle’: 90, ‘backtrack’: True, ‘gcr’: 0.2, ‘albedo’: 0.2}

Refer to pvlib documentation for details.

Return type:

pvlib PVSystem object.